I went to the launch of Steve Grindlay's book Sydenham and Forest Hill Through Time (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2014) at the Kirkdale Bookshop on Saturday. I thoroughly recommend it - a great Xmas present for anyone who lives in this part of London. It's a series of 'then and now' pictures and photographs, but with an absolutely fascinating commentary which provides lots of information about the history of our area, much of which I doubt has appeared in print before.

I also have the High level line book by John Gale and have been fascinated with this line and the surrounding area. Many pictures of the High level station show a large Victorian house above the Paxton tunnel entrance. I couldn't find any information on this house until today when I received my copy of the High level and Catford loop line by Keith Smith.

It mentions that the house was called 'The Knoll' and was owned by a Lady Elizabeth Hamilton. However, further searches on Google using this information does not reveal more.

Does anyone have more information on this and pictures from the road or other angles?